Mexican Authorities List Conditions to Reboot ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program

A Border Patrol agent is posted in front of the U.S.–Mexico border barrier in Imperial County, which has been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in Calexico, Calif., on July 24, 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Mexican authorities have laid out a series of conditions for reviving the “Remain in Mexico” program, the Trump-era framework under which asylum-seekers were returned to Mexico to await the processing of their claims.

The development comes as the Biden administration makes plans to reinstate the policy following a court order.